tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post1996330490175773408..comments2015-03-31T16:12:42.881-04:00Comments on The Gossips of Rivertown: Mind Your Latin PhrasesCarole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-85151313539912935242014-05-31T15:41:24.982-04:002014-05-31T15:41:24.982-04:00Here&#39;s what Wikipedia says on the subject:
A ...Here&#39;s what Wikipedia says on the subject:<br /><br />A common misconception is that the participatory rights of ex officio members are limited by their status. This is incorrect, although their rights may be indeed limited by the by-laws of a particular body. Robert&#39;s Rules of Order, Newly Revised (10th ed.), clarifies that the term denotes only how one becomes a member of a group, not what one&#39;s rights are. It is a method of sitting on a committee, not a class of membership (466-67) . . . unless by-laws constrain their rights, they are afforded the same rights as other members, including debate, making formal motions, and voting (466-67; 480).<br /><br />Carole Osterinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010623982526286408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-8871768098708569152014-05-31T15:00:06.161-04:002014-05-31T15:00:06.161-04:00It&#39;s my understanding that ex officio members ...It&#39;s my understanding that ex officio members of a committee or board are nonvoting members. I do think Pat Grattan meant ad hoc. Debby Mayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12708345568234342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-60669027939216994512014-05-31T11:03:29.344-04:002014-05-31T11:03:29.344-04:00If you look closely enough at Hudson&#39;s governm...If you look closely enough at Hudson&#39;s government - and probably at the county too - there&#39;s an &#39;ad hoc&#39; element in a great deal of governance here.<br /><br />An old Hudson friend calls it Hudson&#39;s &quot;discretionary anarchy.&quot; <br /><br />In the worst cases, the safeguards of public notice and public involvement are easily circumvented in conversations behind closed doors.<br /><br />In the past, mayors have assumed an authority that wasn&#39;t theirs, but for this or that purpose only. In those cases it was the usually pliable council that was circumvented.<br /><br />If you live in Hudson, the definition of &quot;ad hoc&quot; should be &quot;what you do when the rules get in the way.&quot; It&#39;s practically a local tradition.unheimlichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00204285837938988668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5723709701684173708.post-45526447899239078402014-05-31T11:00:16.874-04:002014-05-31T11:00:16.874-04:00Cave quid dicisCave quid dicisB and B in Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11913646848760720991noreply@blogger.com